How is that different from a sociopath? -- Sent from myMail app for Android Friday, 10 April 2015, 05:29PM -0400 from "arche...@embarqmail.com" <arche...@embarqmail.com>: After watching the video, I got the impression that the cop might be a psychopath. His disciplinary record during his six years in the Coast Gaurd might be interesting as well as details of his home life. "Characteristics of the Psychopathic Personality Updated September 07, 2014. The study of the psychopath reveals an individual who is incapable of feeling guilt, remorse or empathy for their actions. They are generally cunning, manipulative and know the difference between right and wrong but dismiss it as applying to them. They are incapable of normal emotions such as love, generally react without considering the consequences of their actions and show extreme egocentric and narcissistic behavior...snip http://crime.about.com/od/serial/a/psychopaths.htm Gerry .................................. G Mann wrote: > All good points, however, the cut line between manslaughter and murder can be > a very fine one. > > I expect prosecution will try for murder 1 with manslaughter as the > fallback position. > > The fine points of what happened will have to be displayed to the jury, and > the judge, at trial. > > There appears to be good cause to charge murder1 because the burden of Mens > Rea can be a very short time span... such as the time the deceased was > exiting the scene, until the shooter made the decision to shoot him in the > back multiple times... If there were only one shot, perhaps that could be > argued as "heat of the moment" action... but logic says multiple shots into > the retreating party demonstrates good cause for Mens Rae [intent followed > by the act]. > > I retreat to my status as Citizen and pass this to the courts at this > time.. my TV is resting in 280 feet of water at the bottom of the lake. If > anything worth watching comes on, I will retrieve it. > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Mitch Haley < mi...@mitchellhaley.com > > wrote: > > > Rich Thomas wrote: > > > > I have also seen commentary regarding the murder charge -- murder > >> apparently requires aforethought, which was probably not present here, so > >> that manslaughter might be the more appropriate charge. i don't know what > >> the prosecutor is going to charge him with. > >> > > > > I thought that under the laws of most (maybe all) states, Murder in the > > First Degree requires malice aforethought, but Murder 2 can happen in the > > heat of the moment. Manslaughter is when you're criminally responsible but > > didn't intend to kill. > > > > Mitch. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4328/9505 - Release Date: 04/10/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com < arche...@embarqmail.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com
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